IPPLEPEN IN WHITE'S DIRECTORY OF 1850 |
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A sketch of Ipplepen Church believed to date from 1825 Courtesy of Devon County Council |
Ipplepen, a large village, on a pleasant declivity 3½ miles S by W of Newton Abbot, and 4½ miles N.N.E of Totnes, gives its name to a large deanery, and has in its parish 966 inhabitants, and 3070 acres of fertile land, including the hamlets of Daignton, Combe Fishacre, Asstor and Castleford. It had a grant for a market and fair in 1317, but both have been obsolete for centuries. The manor was given by William the Conqueror to Ralph de Fulgerus, and one of the descendants gave it to the Abbey of St. Peter at Fulgers, which had a cell here. In 1658, the manor was sold in parcels to the landowners by Sir John Pettus. The Rev. N. Brooking, John Shepherd Esq.,and James Neale, Esq., are now the principal proprietors, and there are several smaller owners.
The parish has some fine rocky scenery and several subterraneous rivulets, in the small valley called Stony Coombs. Having been seized by the Crown from the alien Abbey of St. Peter, the rectorial glebe and tithes of Ipplepen and Woodland were given to the College of St. Mary Ottery, and at the dissolution they were given, with the advowson of the vicarage, to the Dean and Canons of Windsor, of whom they are now held in lease by the Rev. N. Brooking, who resides at Rectory House and is also incumbent of the vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £26. 2s. 3îd and in 1839 at £119. The Vicarage House was repaired in 1849 and is occupied by Mr. Snape, and the tithes were commuted in 1838. The Church (St. John the Baptist) is a large antique fabric, with a tower and six bells. It stands on an eminence at the head of the village, and contains a finely carved old screen and pulpit. Here is a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1826, and another small chapel is used jointly by Baptists and Independents. The poor parishioners have 20s a year left by John Peter out of the great tithes of Cornworthy, and an annuity of 6s 8d left by Richard Kelly, as noticed with Brixham. RESIDENTS
Adams, Ann, victualler, Wellington Inn Adams, Edmund, parish clerk Adams, Thomas, carpenter Adams, William, Plough Inn Bishop, John, auctioneer & surveyor, Combe Fishacre Bowden, Jane, milliner Bowden, John, merchant, Park Hill Brooking, Mrs. Charlotte, Church Park Cottage Brooking, Rev. Nicholas, Rectory Buller, Mr.William, Templer Calley, Thomas, gent. Drake, Misses Elliott, Thomas, corn miller Fletcher, Elizabeth, National School Hellyer, James, master mariner Hugo, Walter, Esq., North End House Lee, Joseph. travelling tea dealer Luscombe, Thomas, gent Mather, Mr. William, Daignton Shepherd, John, Esq., Combe Fishacre Snape, Mr. Joseph, Vicarage Wainwright, Miss Hannah Wills, William, surgeon ( and Totnes)
FARMERS
Berry, Jeffery, Shepherds Farm, Combe Fishacre Bishop, John, Norman Farm, Combe Fishacre Bovey, Thomas, Langs Farm Bushell, John, Castleford Easterbrook, Thomas, Village Elliott, John, Castleford Fetherbridge,Thomas, Asstor, Fletcher, John, Pinsents Harris, George, Newhouse Farm Hunt, Richard, Daignton Lambshead, Samuel, Metherells Luscombe, John, Village Morgan, Amos, Castleford Moyse, Nicholas, Combe Fishacre Neale, James, Ambrook Palk, Richard, Shepherd's Cottage Palk, Edward, Combe Fishacre Smerdon, Hugh, Village Smerdon, Robert, Castleford Farm Sowton, John, Babbages Farm Sowton, Richard, Danafield Symons, Edward, Bully Barton Wills, Charles, Village Yelland, William, Village
BAKERS
Adams, John Vickery, Robert
BLACKSMITHS
Ager, Richard, (& beerhouse) Ager, William Langler, James ( & wheelwright) Maddicott, James
BUTCHERS Bovey, Thomas Yelland, Joseph
MASONS
Bovey, Thomas Winsor, Henry
SHOPKEEPERS
Bovey, Ann Bovey, Elinor Emmett, John Smith, Richard Smith, Robert Yelland, Joseph
TAILORS
Cload, William Lee, William
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